Class Content: Let’s enjoy summer together by painting some irises! Whether you are continuing on from the Intro to Watercolor July class, new to watercolor or familiar with the medium already we will learn how to create more realistic images using layering and other techniques. Learn to implement the right tools to create detail, depth and value in your artwork. 

We will focus on how to choose different watercolor brushes carefully in order to do the specific “jobs” we want the watercolor to achieve, the difference hot press and cold press papers have on the end result, creating paint values, and so much more. We will also learn how to transfer the images we want to paint onto the watercolor paper. I would love to help answer any questions you have and teach you the techniques to create your own watercolor masterpiece.

We will complete two paintings of irises and all supplies will be provided. Feel free to bring any watercolor supplies you already have. Don’t forget to bring a lunch

Supply List: You may bring any watercolor supplies if you would like, but this is not required.

Biography: Biography: Glenda Bowles has over 30 year of experience in the Arts and nearly this in the medium of watercolor. She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee Knoxville with a concentration in watercolor. She furthered her education at the University of Tennessee with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and then went on to receive a Certificate in Counseling in Saint Louis Missouri. She has taught over 25 years to affluent and impoverished students, over a range of ages – from 4 years old to adults. She has taught in classroom settings in the states as well as overseas. She has also taught art in an Art Therapy setting. She loves teaching core art skills, art history and art theory, as well as many mediums. She enjoys just about every medium of Art that is out there. Presently, she is creating art in watercolor, oils and graphite predominantly.
She has exhibited her artwork in numerous settings from Fine Arts shows and sales including the Brentwood Academy show in Nashville, Memphis College of Art, and in smaller settings in Knoxville and Morristown. She has created murals here in Knoxville as well as in Greece, Belize and Jordan.
She has lived in Nashville, Knoxville, St.Louis, Memphis and the country of Jordan. She loves the complexity of this world and seeks to create this in her own artwork by reimagining the beauty around her. She hopes to reflect this beauty of her surroundings into her art for her viewer to experience and enjoy.